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Storms could drop a summer’s worth of rain in parts of Texas this week, threatening significant flooding
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (541+ words) Slow-moving storms could drop a summer’s worth of rain over parts of Texas this week, bringing a significant flash flood threat to the state. Much of eastern, central and southwestern Texas could see downpours heavy enough to trigger flash flooding…...
Bodies keep getting pulled from the bayous around Houston. Why officials are convinced it’s not the work of a serial killer | CNN
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1783+ words) “Enough is enough of wild speculation.” Houston Mayor John Whitmire was frustrated as he stood in front of the cameras alongside the police chief last month, trying to dispel the rumors that have cast a veil of anxiety over the…...
Camp Mystic in Texas files for bankruptcy after catastrophic floods killed 28 people | CNN
2+ week, 5+ day ago (202+ words) Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas. In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of…...
Texas primary runoff election: Ken Paxton will defeat Sen. John Cornyn in Senate contest, CNN projects | CNN Politics
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1769+ words) • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will defeat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. Paxton will advance as the GOP nominee to face Democrat James Talarico in November in one of the country’s…...
Texas Medical Board sanctions three doctors for delayed care that led to the deaths of two pregnant women | CNN
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (647+ words) The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors ProPublica previously investigated whose patients died after receiving delayed or inappropriate pregnancy care under the state’s strict abortion ban. Two of the doctors failed to properly intervene as a pregnant teenager repeatedly…...
This Texas city is running out of water. It’s a window into the fight for resources in a hotter, drier world | CNN
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1324+ words) The rapidly receding shoreline of Lake Corpus Christi in Texas has revealed swaths of newly exposed lakebed, left boat docks jutting out into nothingness and uncovered previously submerged remnants of history, from bridges to boathouses. On a recent visit, local…...
11-year-old dies after being shot while ‘ding dong ditching’ in Houston, police say
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (52+ words) An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot while playing a doorbell ditch prank in Houston on Saturday night, police said. The boy and several other kids were ringing doorbells and running from multiple homes in an east Houston neighborhood,…...
Ohio State denies banning Barstool Sports founder and Michigan alum Dave Portnoy from Ohio Stadium for showdown with Texas
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (37+ words) Ohio State denied Tuesday that it banned Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy from Ohio Stadium as a part of Fox Sports’ “Big Noon Kickoff” show on Saturday, as the prominent University of Michigan... You can cancel anytime....
Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival at Texas prison camp sparks tension and restrictions
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (41+ words) Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival to the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this month has sent a shot of tension across its minimum-security all-female units, even while her lawyer says she’s in a safer... You can cancel anytime....
The Texas floods washed away debris and dirt. They also uncovered 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (32+ words) The devastating flooding that swept through Texas Hill Country in early July, killing at least 135 people, unearthed a prehistoric discovery in Travis County on Monday, experts say. You can cancel anytime....